A Russian malware author is using codified tweets to start and stop DDoS attacks against desired targets.
The DDoS attacks are launched from the computers of infected users using a peculiar piece of malware, which the attacker is spreading via a booby-trapped file named "driversUpdate.exe."
New DDoS bot controlled using tweets
According to a technical analysis provided by MalwareHunter to Bleeping Computer, this new DDoS bot works by querying a Twitter account hard-coded in the malware's source code, at a predetermined time interval.
Once the malware detects a new tweet, it acts on the command it discovers there. The malware supports the following commands:
Full Article